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Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh Contemporary Scottish art, printmaking and applied arts.

Explore the details in Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW's 'Francesa'...All artworks in Stories and Old Stones can be viewed ...
11/09/2026

Explore the details in Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW's 'Francesa'...

All artworks in Stories and Old Stones can be viewed online via our bio!

"'Although we both studied around the same time at Glasgow School of Art we did not know each other until we graduated. ...
08/09/2026

"'Although we both studied around the same time at Glasgow School of Art we did not know each other until we graduated. Skip forward 43 years, through various teaching experiences and raising two sons, we have maintained a constant interest in our own and each other's practice. We do not share the same working space but always appreciate that there is honest objective advice available if needed.

Our interests often echo each other's. We share enjoyment of travel, music, history and politics and are enthused and influenced by many of the same artists. We both appreciate strong draughtsmanship and considered composition and often an element of the narrative. The resulting works, however are quite dissimilar."

ALICE MCMURROUGH PAI RGI RSW & NEIL MACDONALD PAI RGI RSW
Stories and Old Stones
28 Aug - 19 Sep 2026

"In the end, the things I include in my paintings are the things I love: family, books and reading, lower-league footbal...
05/09/2026

"In the end, the things I include in my paintings are the things I love: family, books and reading, lower-league football, animals, sand, water, clear skies and quietude. The paintings bring these elements together into imagined worlds that hopefully feel both familiar and slightly out of reach." - Saul Robertson RSW RGI

You can view all of Saul's wonderfully mediative artworks on our website or in the gallery, 'Blue Remembered' is on show until the 19th September. 🌟

Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW is known for her vividly realized paintings that are captivating and rich in narrative. Cur...
04/09/2026

Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW is known for her vividly realized paintings that are captivating and rich in narrative. Curious figures, unexpected detail and dreamlike settings populate her work, inviting the viewer into worlds that feel at once familiar and wonderfully singular.

ALICE MCMURROUGH PAI RGI RSW
Flight
Oil
30 x 30 cm

The Elusive Northern Brown Argus
Oil
20 x 20 cm

The Open Eye Gallery has proudly represented the John Bellany Estate for over 30 years. We are the Estate's sole supplie...
03/09/2026

The Open Eye Gallery has proudly represented the John Bellany Estate for over 30 years. We are the Estate's sole supplier in Scotland and work closely with the Bellany family to support and celebrate the artist's enduring legacy. Distinct from other galleries, we deal exclusively in works supplied directly through the Estate and do not trade in secondary-market pieces.

Among the works currently on display is this iconic self-portrait by John Bellany. 'The Scarlet Cord' bring together elements of Bellany's distinctive visual language, including the clock and the Skate, which make his work so immediately recognisable. These recurring motifs belong to the rich personal symbolism that run's through Bellany's work, recalling the fishing community of his upbringing and evoking ideas of time, fate and mortality.

For all enquiries, please email the gallery.
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JOHN BELLANY (1942-2013)
The Scarlet cord
Watercolour on paper
77 x 57 cm

Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW is a Scottish artist whose work is concerned with the connectivity of experience. Ideas, ob...
01/09/2026

Alice McMurrough PAI RGI RSW is a Scottish artist whose work is concerned with the connectivity of experience. Ideas, observations and dreams are researched, edited and translated into visual statements which help her make sense of the world.

Her current joint exhibition 'Stories and Old Stones' is on until Saturday 19th September. You can explore the full show online through the link in our bio. 🔗

Chez Claudette
Oil
35 x 28 cm

The Reverie of Marthe
Oil
33 x 24 cm

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